25 Beautiful Pics Of Freddie Mercury With His First And Only True Love, Mary Austin

Queen's eccentric singer, Freddie Mercury, had his name rose up to popularity one more time with Bohemian Rhapsody playing in theaters all over the world. Once again, people got to relive the moment when Queen was the band everyone was talking about. Most people also probably heard about Freddie Mercury being married once and finally came out of the closet afterward. Some might have remembered her name to be Mary Austin and she is married with 2 children today. But little did people know how much she mattered to Freddie.

Despite his sexuality, to him, Mary was the one and only friend he needed and cared. From since Mary was 19, Freddie knew he found the one he could truly love and emphasized the fact later in his will. They first met in the 1970s in Kensington, West London. Back then, Mary was working in a fashion shop. During the time when Freddie was diagnosed and hospitalized for his HIV, Mary was always there for him. Once they watched the show together and Mary broke down because of the man that was once so confident and energetic is now bedridden.

“If things had been different you would have been my wife, and this would have been yours anyway,”, as he left a lot for Mary, the only person he could never replace with anyone.